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First year donation patterns predict long-term commitment for first-time donors by Schreiber, G. B., Sharma, U. K., Wright, D. J., Glynn, S. A., Ownby, H. E., Tu, Y., Garratty, G., Piliavin, J., Zuck, T., Gilcher, R.

“…Background and Objectives  Converting first‐time donors to become regular donors continues to be a challenge facing blood centres. We examined whether…”
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The prevalence of anti-latex IgE antibodies in 1000 volunteer blood donors by Ownby, Dennis R., Ownby, Helen E., McCullough, Judith, Shafer, A.William

“…BACKGROUND: Latex allergy has been recognized as a medical problem with increasing frequency since the mid 1980s. Although certain groups of individuals, such…”
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Retention of safe blood donors by THOMSON, R. A, BETHEL, J, LO, A. Y, OWNBY, H. E, NASS, C. C

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Risk factors for hepatitis C virus infection in United States blood donors by Murphy, Edward L., Bryzman, Stephen M., Glynn, Simone A., Ameti, Dannie I., Thomson, Ruth A., Williams, Alan E., Nass, Catharie C., Ownby, Helen E., Schreiber, George B., Kong, Fanhui, Neal, Keith R., Nemo, George J.

“…Injection drug use (IDU) is a known risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but the strength of other parenteral and sexual risk factors is unclear…”
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A method for estimating hepatitis B virus incidence rates in volunteer blood donors by KORELITZ, J. J, BUSCH, M. P, KLEINMAN, S. H, WILLIAMS, A. E, GILCHER, R. O, OWNBY, H. E, SCHREIBER, G. B

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Analysis of donor return behavior by Ownby, H.E., Kong, F., Watanabe, K., Tu, Y., Nass, C.C.

“…BACKGROUND: Efforts to provide a safe, adequate blood supply have been inhibited by persistent shortages attributed to a lack of motivation on the part of the…”
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The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS): rationale and methods by Zuck, T F, Thomson, R A, Schreiber, G B, Gilcher, R O, Kleinman, S H, Murphy, E L, Ownby, H E, Williams, A E, Busch, M P, Smith, J W

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Demographic characteristics, unreported risk behaviors, and the prevalence and incidence of viral infections : a comparison of apheresis and whole-blood donors by GLYNN, S. A, SCHREIBER, G. B, BUSCH, M. P, KLEINMAN, S. H, WILLIAMS, A. E, NASS, C. C, OWNBY, H. E, SMITH, J. W

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Infectious disease markers in young blood donors by Watanabe, K.K., Williams, A.E., Schreiber, G.B., Ownby, H.E.

“…BACKGROUND: To evaluate whether the active recruitment of young donors of high school and college age could affect the safety of the blood supply, prevalence…”
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Demographic characteristics and prevalence of serologic markers among donors who use the confidential unit exclusion process: the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study by Korelitz, J J, Williams, A E, Busch, M P, Zuck, T F, Ownby, H E, Matijas, L J, Wright, D J

“…Most blood centers utilize a confidential unit exclusion (CUE) process, intended to reduce the risk of transfusion-associated infectious diseases by allowing…”
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Loss of volunteer blood donors because of unconfirmed enzyme immunoassay screening results by OWNBY, H. E, KORELITZ, J. J, BUSCH, M. P, WILLIAMS, A. E, KLEINMAN, S. H, GILCHER, R. O, NOURJAH, P

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Prognostic significance of proliferation associated nucleolar antigen P120 in human breast carcinoma by FREEMAN, J. W, MCGRATH, P, BONDADA, V, SELLIAH, N, OWNBY, H, MALONEY, T, BUSCH, R. K, BUSCH, H

“…Nucleolar antigen P120 is detected in rapidly proliferating cells but not in normal resting cells or in many benign and slowly growing malignant tumors. The…”
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Predictors of recurrence and survival of patients with breast cancer by Russo, J, Frederick, J, Ownby, H E, Fine, G, Hussain, M, Krickstein, H I, Robbins, T O, Rosenberg, B

“…In this study, the characteristics of 646 patient's primary breast carcinomas, including histologic grade (HG), nuclear grade (NG), mitotic grade (MG), final…”
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Relationship between antibody to hepatitis B core antigen and retroviral infections in blood from volunteer donors by Korelitz, J J, Busch, M P, Kleinman, S H, Williams, A E, Zuck, T F, Gilcher, R O, Ownby, H E, Co Chien, H, Nemo, G J

“…The value of the test for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) as a surrogate screening assay in the time before sensitive, virus-specific screening…”
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False-Positive HIV-1 Test Results in a Low-Risk Screening Setting of Voluntary Blood Donation by Kleinman, Steven, Busch, Michael P, Hall, Lisa, Thomson, Ruth, Glynn, Simone, Gallahan, Dan, Ownby, Helen E, Williams, Alan E, for the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study

“…CONTEXT.— Persons at risk of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection have been classified incorrectly as HIV infected because of Western blot results,…”
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Racial differences in breast cancer patients by Ownby, H E, Frederick, J, Russo, J, Brooks, S C, Swanson, G M, Heppner, G H, Brennan, M J

“…One thousand seventy-eight patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer were examined for racial differences in histopathologic and clinical parameters. There…”
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Demographic Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence Among Blood Donors by Murphy, Edward L, Bryzman, Stephen, Williams, Alan E, Co-Chien, Harvey, Schreiber, George B, Ownby, Helen E, Gilcher, Ronald O, Kleinman, Steven H, Matijas, Lauri, Thomson, Ruth A, Nemo, George J, Williams, A. E, Nass, C, Ownby, H, Waxman, D, Kleinman, S, Hutching, S, Fridey, J, Murphy, E. L, Busch, M. P, Gilcher, R. O, Smith, J. W, Schrieber, G. B, Thomson, R, Nemo, G. J, Zuck, T

“…Objective.—To measure demographic determinants of hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence among blood donors in the United States.Design.—Cross-sectional…”
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Retention of "safe" blood donors. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study by Thomson, R. A., Bethel, J., Lo, A. Y., Ownby, H. E., Nass, C. C., Williams, A. E.

“…BACKGROUND: There are obvious advantages to increasing donor retention. However, for reasons of blood safety, certain donors may, in fact, be more desirable to…”
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Demographic characteristics, unreported risk behaviors, and the prevalence and incidence of viral infections: a comparison of apheresis and whole-blood donors. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study by Glynn, S. A., Schreiber, G. B., Busch, M. P., Kleinman, S. H., Williams, A. E., Nass, C. C., Ownby, H. E., Smith, J. W.

“…BACKGROUND: The demographics, deferrable risk behaviors, and the prevalence and incidence of viral infections of apheresis (PH) and whole‐blood (WB) donors…”
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Treating patients before and after irradiation by Marciani, R D, Ownby, H E

“…Patients undergoing irradiation treatment for head and neck cancer need not lose their teeth. Careful treatment planning improves patients' quality of life…”
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